Date: December 14
Time: 6pm to 8:30pm
Location: FineMark National Bank & Trust
This is an intimate, invitation-only event to honor our Top 30 Power Influencers: Nonprofit Executives.
As CEOs, we face many challenges, such as growth, people, revenue, alignment, board of directors, communication, focus, strategy, and workplace culture. There is a price to pay for being an effective leader. We thank our Nonprofit Influencers for leading our Southwest Florida community with grace in the face of challenge and adversity.
This event is a fun one full of food, drinks, networking, photographs, special tributes, awards, inspiration, and more. We hope to see you there!
Meet our Keynote Speaker for the Evening
This year’s keynote speaker is Joseph R. Catti, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of FineMark National Bank & Trust and FineMark Holdings, Inc. Mr. Catti is also the former Chairman of the Florida Gulf Coast University Foundation, a former Trustee of Florida Gulf Coast University’s Board of Trustees, and the former Chairman of the Capital Campaign for the Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida.
Top 30 Nonprofit Executives of 2022
- Dr. Michael Martin, President, Florida Gulf Coast University
- Crystal Stouten, Executive Director, Lee BIA Builders Care
- Paul Hiltz President, NCH Health System
- Dr. Larry Antonucci, President, Lee Health
- Dr. Samira Beckwith, President, Hope Healthcare
- Dr. Carol Rae Culliton, Founder, Brotherhood of Heroes Resource Center
- Chris Hansen, CEO, Child Care of SWFL
- John Nadeau, President, Goodwill Industries of SWFL
- Erin McLeod, President, Senior Friendship Centers
- Dawn Montecalvo, President, Guadalupe Center
- Mike Mansfield, CEO, Charlotte County Habitat for Humanity
- Nonprofit Executive of the Year, Richard LeBer, Harry Chapin Food Bank
- Dr. Jeffrey Allbritten, President, Florida SouthWestern State College
- Molly Deckart, Executive Director, Alliance for the Arts
- Becky Lucas Pres., Habitat for Humanity, Lee and Glades
- Brian Rist, Co-Founder, Rist Family Foundation
- Lee Ellen Harder, Executive Director, Big Arts Sanibel Island
- Donna Germain, President & CEO, Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral
- Donna McGinnis, President, Naples Botanical Gardens
- Chris Simoneau, Chief Foundation Officer, Lee Health Foundation
- Abdul Haq’ Muhammed, Executive Director, Quality Life Center
- Mary Beth Geier, Florida Dir., Richard M. Shulze Family Foundation
- Tiffany Esposito, President & CEO, SWFL, Inc.
- Jeannine Joy, President & CEO, United Way Lee, Hendry & Glades
- Heidi Davis, Southwest Florida Children’s Charities
- Maria Jimenez-Lara, CEO, Naples Children & Education Foundation
- Karis Engle, President & CEO, The Glades Initiative
- Kathleen van Bergen, President & CEO, Artis – Naples
- Major Carlyle Gargis, Area Commander, The Salvation Army, SWFL
- Stacey Cook, President & CEO, SalusCare
Top 30 Nonprofit Executives of 2021
- Dr. Michael Martin, President, Florida Gulf Coast University
- Dr. Roger Nutt, President, Ave Maria University
- Paul Hiltz President, NCH Health System
- Dr. Larry Antonucci, President, Lee Health
- Dr. Samira Beckwith, President, Hope Healthcare
- Dr. Carol Rae Culliton, Founder, Brotherhood of Heroes Resource Center
- Norma Adorno, CEO, Area Agency on Aging of SWFL
- John Nadeau, President, Goodwill Industries of SWFL
- Erin McLeod, President, Senior Friendship Centers
- Dawn Montecalvo, President, Guadalupe Center
- Noemi Perez, President & CEO, Immokalee Foundation
- Nonprofit Executive of the Year, Richard LeBer, Harry Chapin Food Bank
- David Erickson, President, ECHO, Inc.
- Jeff Metzger, CEO, New International
- Lara Fisher, CEO, Grace Place for Children & Families
- Jaime Suanez, Director, Rist Family Foundation
- Lee Ellen Harder, Executive Director, Big Arts Sanibel Island
- Maggi Feiner, President, F.I.S.H. of SANCAP
- Megan McCarthy Beauvais, President, Boys & Girls Club of Naples
- Dan Shoemaker, President, Reciprocal Ministries, International
- Abdul Haq’ Muhammed, Executive Director, Quality Life Center
- Laura Ragain, Executive Director, Ronald McDonald House of SWFL
- Ryan Orgera, CEO, Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation
- Linda Oberhaus, CEO, Shelter for Abused Women & Children
- John Martin, Managing Director, Florida Repertory Theatre
- Stefanie-Ink Edwards, CEO, Community Cooperative
- Angela Melvin, CEO, Valerie’s House
- Angel Cerritos, Executive Director, Bonita Springs YMCA
- Lynne Thorp, Executive Director, The Dubin Center
- Jennifer Cellitti, Executive Director, PACE Center for Girls, Lee County